By Sean Fagan
The jawbone of a rabbit - one of six sign I found while tracking rabbits near Dublin city (Photo: Sean Fagan).
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When you Find a Track...Look for a Sign
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When striving to improve tracking skills - it can be challenging to push ourselves to see (and understand) as much tracks and sign as possible.
Also, some tracking boundaries are quite subtle - such as mentally switching off once we have positively identified a track to species level.
One surefire way I've found to push myself beyond the limitations of track identification - is to actively seek more tracks and sign associated with my initial findings.
Recently I was tracking near Dublin city and found a rabbit track.
Within 3 metres of my initial find I came across 6 different rabbit sign.
This simple exercise of pausing, carefully looking around and expecting to see more - can greatly improve a tracker's ability to discern between obvious and subtle tracks and sign.
But the tracking benefits don't just end there...
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